Painting and installing
After a stormy night, we awoke to find the painted frame was dry enough to handle.
The painted framework.
Fitting the extension to the henhouse was not as straightforward as we had hoped. The measurements were fine, but the mechanics of fitting the new frame to the existing featherboard clad side meant the I had to do some impromptu chiselling and sawing to get it to go together. I used some beech clamps I'd made years ago to hold the frame together while I drilled 2 inch screws through, to secure both parts together.
We thought the hens might get scared when we started up power tools near them, but they showed no fear at all, walking up to us, and even pecking at the tools when I left them down!
Once the extension was securely fitted, we cut away the existing mesh at the back of the run, to allow free passage between the old run and the new extension. I clad the exposed tops of the roof with some of the leftover featherboard, then the Coroline roof went on, nailed into the purlins I'd installed with the frame.
The extension fitted and roofed.
We moved the run back into its previous position, and left the hens to it, and hoped they appreciated the effort that has gone into building their house!
The completed henhouse.